Korea Football Association

Korea Football Association
founding	1928
FIFA accession	1948
AFC accession	1954
president	Chung Mong-gyu
Secretary General	Ahn Gi-heon
National teams	Men's national team , U-23 , U-20 , U-17 women National team , U-20 , U-17
Homepage	http://www.kfa.or.kr

The Korea Football Association is the football association of South Korea founded in 1933 . The association organizes the national soccer team's matches and has been a member of the continental association AFC since 1954 and of the world association FIFA since 1948 . She also organizes the South Korean football competitions.

Competitions

The KFA are or were subject to the following competitions:

Hired

• Korea Cup
• Korean National Football Championship
• Korean President's Cup National Football Competition
• South Korean League Cup
• South Korean Football Supercup

Active

• K League 1
• K League 2
• Korea National League
• K3 League
• U-League
• R-League
• K League Junior
• Korean FA Cup

National teams

The KFA maintains the following national teams:

Men's

• South Korean national soccer team
• South Korean National Football Team (U-23 Men)
• South Korean National Football Team (U-20 Men)
• South Korean National Football Team (U-17 Juniors)
• South Korean national futsal team
• South Korean beach soccer team

Women

• South Korean women's national soccer team
• South Korean Women's National Football Team (U-20 Women)
• South Korean Women's National Football Team (U-17 Women)
• South Korean women's national futsal team

Awards

The KFA awards these awards to soccer players almost every year:

soccer player of the year

• 1969 Kim Ho
• 1970 Lee Hoe-taik
• 1971 Kim Jung-nam
• 1972 Park Lee-chun
• 1973 Cha Bum-kun
• 1974 Byun Ho-young
• 1975 Kim Ho-gon
• 1976 Choi Jong-duk
• 1977 Cho Young-jeung
• 1978 Kim Jae-han
• 1979 Sung-hwa Park
• 1980 Lee Young-moo
• 1981 Cho Kwang-rae
• 1982–2009 In the meantime not carried out
• 2010 Park Ji-sung
• 2011 Ki Seung-yueng
• 2012 Ki Seung-yueng
• 2013 Son Heung-min
• 2014 Son Heung-min
• 2015 Kim Young-gwon
• 2016 Ki Seung-yueng

Footballer of the year

• 2010 Ji So-yun
• 2011 Ji So-yun
• 2012 Jeoun Eun-ha
• 2013 Ji So-yun
• 2014 Ji So-yun
• 2015 Cho So-hyun

successes

• Football World Cup

Participations: 1954, 1986, 1990, 1994, 1998, 2002, 2006, 2010, 2014

• Soccer Asian Championship

Participations: 1956 (winner), 1960 (winner), 1964, 1972, 1980, 1984, 1996, 2000, 2004, 2007, 2011, 2015

See also

• List of South Korean football clubs
• Relegation to the K League 1
• South Korean soccer league system
• Promotion to K League 1

Web links

• Official website
• Entry with FIFA
• Entry with the AFC

Individual evidence

1. ↑ http://www.rsssf.com/tablesw/worldcup.html
2. ↑ http://www.rsssf.com/tablesa/asiachamp.html